Showcase

‘Showcase’ will profile the creativity, skill and talent of artists and arts organisations in Western Australia through media, social media platforms and outdoor screens across the city.

Georgia King, Mark Storen in ‘Mama Stitch’ by Whiskey and Boots at Perth Festival, Midland Junction Arts Centre, February 2021. Photo by Fionn Mullholland.

Mama Stitch — Whiskey and Boots

Arts 15k-plus

‘Mama Stitch’ brings the stories of local community members and their mums to life through performance and music.
Mia Brine, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Voyces and Rachael Dease in ‘Hymns for End of Times’, by Rachael Dease at Perth Festival, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, February 2021.

Hymns for End Times — Rachael Dease

Arts U-15k

Rachael Dease is an award-winning composer, musician, writer and director based in Perth.
Craig Silvey, holding a copy of ‘Honeybee’. Photo by Craig Silvey.

Craig Silvey

Arts 15k-plus

With support from an Arts 15k-plus grant and publisher Allen & Unwin, WA novelist and screenwriter Craig Silvey has published his third novel ‘Honeybee’.
Model: Lauren Hockridge. Hair and makeup: Lauren Hockridge. Styling by Bridget Hudson & Josephine DeBrito. Photo by Bridget Hudson.

Reign the Label

Arts U-15k

Reign the Label is a vibrant Perth-based fashion label known for its unique designs and impeccable craftsmanship.
‘Equations of a Falling Body’, performer Timothy Green, first stage development, State Theatre Centre of WA, July 2020, Photo by Emma Fishwick.

Laura Boynes

Arts U-15k

WA dancer and choreographer Laura Boynes worked with a stellar creative ensemble in the development of a new dance work ‘Equations of a Falling Body’.
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah in his studio, Mundijong, August 2020. Photo by Anna Louise Richardson. Courtesy of Moore Contemporary.

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah

Arts U-15k

With the vital support of an Arts U-15k grant, WA artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah is producing a significant body of new sculptural works, entitled ‘Peripheries’.
‘View from The Magpies Nest’, Breaksea, Albany, October 2020. Photo by Rob Castiglione.

Breaksea

Arts U-15k

The innovative creative team at Breaksea collaborate with community participants to co-create community singing and story-telling performance works.
Baroque in the Ballroom, by Australian Baroque, Perth, October, 2020. Shows an aerial view of Bathers Beach and a historic building in Fremantle.

Penhale & Winter

Arts U-15k

Penhale & Winter have a strong interest in exploring the intersection of architecture and art and regularly participate in competitions.
A photo of artist Merrick Belyea in his studio in Fremantle.

Merrick Belyea

Arts U-15k

Merrick Belyea recently received funding to present a new body of work at the WA Art Collective gallery in Perth. Certain works from this collection can still be viewed and purchased at the gallery.
A group of classical musicians on stage

Australian Baroque

Arts U-15k

Australian Baroque presented an imaginative and captivating program of instrumental and vocal works by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach and Telemann at the Government House Ballroom in November 2020.
Two girls laying on a wooden floor.

Audioplay Australia Pty Ltd

Arts U-15k

The dynamic team at Audioplay create immersive digital experiences that allow kids to step into a story and physically play as a character.
Delson Stokes at Soundbaker Recording Studio for the new Yabu Band EP, August 2020. Photo by Rob Agostini, Soundbaker Studios.

Delson Stokes

Contemporary Music Fund Short Notice Activity Program

Yabu Band’s Delson (Delly) and Boyd Stokes return to the studio after 8 years to record their latest five-song EP with the working title ‘Campfires’.
Detail of Zoonoisis, Erin Coates, 2020, sculptural prop made of silicon and oystershell.

Erin Coates

Arts U-15k

'Alluvial Gold’ is an extraordinary multi-media project currently being developed by well-known visual artist Erin Coates.
Jason Lim’s: Under the Shadow of the Banyan Tree, Jason Lim. Performance-Installation,ICA Singapore, 2018, 5 days durational performance. Each day 6 hours non stop working with terracotta clay. Photograph: courtesy of the artist.

Indian Ocean Craft Triennial

Arts U-15k

Planned to be launched in Perth in September 2021, the inaugural Indian Ocean Craft Triennial is a multi-venue contemporary craft event across Western Australia.
Adrian Kelly, recording ‘Cry, Wolf!’ by Adrian Kelly at Crank Recording, Perth, WA; August 2020. Photo by Nik Babic.

Adrian Kelly

Arts U-15k

Prominent trumpeter and composer, Adrian Kelly, has been in the studio recording with his e-Quartet, AK4.
Scott Elstermann

Scott Elstermann

Arts U-15k

WA dancer and choreographer, Scott Elstermann continues to excite and inspire us with the development of a new contemporary dance work.
Ian de Souza

Ian de Souza

Arts U-15k

Ian de Souza is developing new online instructional video content.
Felicity Peters

Felicity Peters

Arts U-15k

Felicity Peters, renown Western Australian jeweller, artist and craftsperson was awarded funding to continue the research, development and exploration of designing and producing a collection of works utilising new processes and materials.
'Belle Diver', by Kelsey Ashe, Archival Photographic Print.

Dr Kelsey Ashe

Arts U-15k

Dr Kelsey Ashe, curator and artist was awarded funding to nurture and support the creative development of new artworks for an upcoming exhibition, 'Imaginary Territories'.
Angus Dawson

Angus Dawson

Contemporary Music Fund Short Notice Activity Program

Producer/singer-songwriter, Angus Dawson is currently in the studio working on his debut album ‘Looking Over The Red Lights’, due out January 2021.
Page reviewed 19 June 2025